India, Nov. 24 -- Five migrant workers from Jharkhand working in a company in Africa's Cameroon have requested the state government to facilitate their return after allegedly being denied wages for several months. The workers shared a video requesting a return to India with a social activist, Sikander Ali, who brought the matter before the government on Saturday.

The migrant workers were hired by a Mumbai-based multinational company to lay power lines in a central African country, news agency PTI reported. The workers have alleged that they have not been paid their salaries for the last five months.

Team leader of the State Migrant Control Room, Shikha Lakra, who works under Jharkhand's labour department, said that they have taken the d...